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What is the traditional Cyprus and Dodecanese custom of the 'swing', where women sit on decorated swings and sing love songs on a festival day near Easter?

On the feast of Saint George (April 23rd or the Monday after Easter), the 'swing' tradition (kounia) has young women sit on decorated swings while the community sings mantinades (improvised rhyming couplets) about love and spring.

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